This weekend I was with our friends George and Christine Arzymonow who pastor Ashford Community Church in Houston, Texas. I always enjoy being with the Arzymonow family. First, let me say George is an excellent chef. I so much enjoy staying in their home and eating his home cooked meals. George and Christine have done a great job in turning this church around. We had an excellent and enjoyable weekend together.
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We really enjoyed being in our home church this past Sunday. It was good to see all our friends and former parishoners and to be able to catch up on old times. I ministered from 2 Corinthians 4 concerning not loosing heart in difficult days. The building was filled and there was a sense of God’s presence.
We have known Ernie and Lyn FItzpatrick for almost 20 years. They’ve become some of our best friends. Ernie and Lyn pastor LRC (Life Revealing Community) in Houston Texas, previously known as Liberty Revival Church. LRC is one of the most contemporary churches I have seen. If the “box” is the church, he thinks way outside the box. I am privleged to be one of the churches overseers. I was able while in Houston to spend Thursday with Ernie and then I ministered to the church on Friday night. They were one of the first weekend free churches that I was introduced to. Presently they are in the final stages of a building program. On December the 6th Anne and I will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. We are looking forward to sp
ending it in Houston where as a side bar we will attend the one day seminar of Richard Rohr. Father Richard Rohr is a Franciscan of the New Mexico Province. He was the founder of the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971, and the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986, where he presently serves as Founding Director.
Richard Rohr has authored dozens of books, his latest entitled Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality. He is also a sought-after international speaker.
